BBC chart reveals best-selling UK Beatles songs
‘She Loves You’, The Beatles’ second number one hit, has topped a chart of the group’s biggest selling songs in the United Kingdom.
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Beatles fans mark 40 years of Abbey Road photoshoot
Hundreds of Beatles fans gathered at the famous Abbey Road zebra crossing to commemorate 40 years since The Beatles were photographed crossing it.
John Lennon’s Höfner Senator guitar sells for £205,250
A 1958 Höfner Senator guitar previously owned by John Lennon has sold for £205,250 (337,226) at auction.
Beatles’ first management contract up for grabs
The Beatles’ first management contract is to be given away as a competition prize on a UK website.
Paul McCartney launches Meat Free Mondays campaign
Sir Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono are urging people to go meat-free one day each week to help cut carbon emissions.
Beatlemania museum opens in Hamburg
A museum dedicated to The Beatles opened today in Hamburg, Germany, 49 years after the group first performed in the city.
Beatles Trivial Pursuit on sale in August
A special Beatles-themed edition of the board game Trivial Pursuit is to go on sale in August 2009.
Unpublished George Harrison lyrics go on show at British Library
Previously unseen lyrics written by George Harrison, written in early 1967, today went on permanent display at the British Library in London.
Struggling Penny Lane businesses ask for help
Small businesses in Liverpool have called on tourism bosses to improve the struggling area of Penny Lane, made famous by The Beatles in 1967.
Casting begins for Backbeat: The Musical
Backbeat, the biopic of Stuart Sutcliffe’s Hamburg relationship with Astrid Kirchherr, is to be turned into a musical.
Liverpool Hope University launches Beatles masters degree
A postgraduate masters course in The Beatles, Popular Music and Society is being launched by Liverpool Hope University.
John Lennon artworks to go on show in Edinburgh
A new exhibition featuring works by John Lennon is to open at The Dome in Edinburgh.
The Beatles’ former Apple HQ goes on sale
3 Savile Row, London, the five-storey building which was headquarters of The Beatles’ Apple Corps business from 1968 until 1975, has been put up for sale.
Stella McCartney creates Beatles t-shirt for Red Nose Day 2009
Stella McCartney has designed a range of t-shirts for Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day 2009.
Beatles iTunes deal has ‘stalled’
Sir Paul McCartney says that negotiations to allow The Beatles’ catalogue to appear on Apple’s iTunes store have currently “stalled”.
Beatles music to feature in forthcoming video game
A forthcoming as-yet-untitled video game is to feature songs by The Beatles, as a result of a deal between Apple Corps Ltd and Viacom’s MTV Networks, makers of the …
Beatles iPod goes on sale at Bloomingdale’s
The long-awaited limited edition Beatles-branded iPod has gone on sale at exclusively at Bloomingdale’s.
The Beatles’ contract with Brian Epstein to be auctioned
Brian Epstein’s copy of his management contract with The Beatles is expected to fetch £250,000 ($470,000) at a London auction.
Limited edition Beatles iPod to be sold by Bloomingdales
US department store Bloomingdales is to produce strictly limited edition Beatles iPods. The gadgets will be sold with The Beatles’ back catalogue. Only 2,500 will be made, making them …
Beatles Monopoly set to pass Go
American fans of The Beatles are in for a treat, with a new edition of the classic game Monopoly to feature albums and items from the group’s career.